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Published: 21 December 2012

ARMA Music Hall, Moscow, Russia
7th & 8th December 2012
X Moscow Synthetic Snow Festival 2012 Day 1: Mental Discipline, Felix Marc/Frozen Plasma, Haujobb, Clan Of Xymox, Covenant

Ten years ago, the first Synthetic Snow Festival in Moscow was the biggest alternative electronic and synth music event in Russia and it managed to maintain this status up to the present, when Russian Synth Community invited admirers of dark synths and pushing rhythms to celebrate its first anniversary with 2 days of excellent music, unforgettable performances and festive atmosphere. Unfortunately, it didn’t go off as smoothly as it had been planned because of the unprecedented cancellation of 3 out of 10 acts right before the beginning of the festival (PROJECT PITCHFORK and DIORAMA - due to vocalists’ health conditions and T.O.Y. - due to flight problems). Nevertheless promoters managed to cope with this situation with the help of remaining acts.

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Published: 20 December 2012

Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
15th November 2012
Bat for Lashes

BAT FOR LASHES is the work of the British singer-songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. She was born in 1979 and in between her travels, Natasha lives in Brighton, England. Parlophone Records markets her Indie/ Alternative music. The album 'Two Suns' was released in April 2009 and the new album, 'The Haunted Man', in October 2012. Natasha and her band toured around last month to perform new and old songs live. This tour was expected long and Berlin was the only gig in Germany for this year. https://www.facebook.com/batforlashes / http://www.batforlashes.com/

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Published: 20 December 2012

Trix XL, Antwerp, Belgium
14th and 15th December 2012
BIM Fest 2012 Day 2: Peter Hook & The Light, Blancmange, The Invincible Spirit, Underviewer, 7JK, The Breath of Life, Simi Nah, Ulterior, Metroland

Has the first BIM festival day offered all in all six bands, we got even three more on the second day, which were all in all more guitar driven than all those electronic bands the day before. Highlight for many was surely the performance of ex-JOY DIVISION member Peter Hook with his bands.

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Published: 18 December 2012

Trix XL, Antwerp, Belgium
14th and 15th December 2012
BIM Fest 2012 Day 1: Test Dept:Redux (Test Department), Portion Control, Icon of Coil, Nothing but Noise, Job Karma, True Zebra

When the time has come to do the last preparations for Christmas, and the anticipation starts getting to unbearable due to the gifts that might be placed under the tree, the time had come for the yearly Belgian Independent Music Fest in Belgium. The 11th edition of the festival, as happened in all those before, assembled an outstanding line-up to bring up anticipation to the melting point. Highlight on Friday night was surely the show of TEST DEPT:REDUX

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Published: 18 December 2012

Gaswerk, Winterthur, Switzerland
24th November 2012
The Beauty of Gemina live acoustic show

Having recently completed a highly successful acoustic tour with DIARY OF DREAMS, the announcement by THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA to perform two full-length and back to back shows in their native Switzerland, caused something of a stir. The decision to extend the acoustic format, merely served to increase the speculation and excitement. Acoustic shows, like live albums, can be a real mis-step for some bands, a kind of treading water. There’s always the risk that songs normally standing up strongly by themselves, will fall by the wayside when stripped back to their bare bones, or are presented in unfamiliar surroundings. Not so on this spectacular occasion.

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